Shahjahanpur district

Shahjahanpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Shahjahanpur district is a part of Bareilly division. The main town is Shahjahanpur. The Tehsils are: Powayan, Tilhar, Katra, Jalalabad, and Kaanth.

It is located in the southeast of Bareilly Division, and is an agriculture-based district of Uttar Pradesh established in 1813. Before its creation it was a part of Bareilly district. Geographically, it is situated at 27.35 N latitude and 79.37 E longitude. Adjoining districts of Shahjahanpur are Lakhimpur Kheri District, Hardoi District, Farrukhabad District, Bareilly District, Badaun District, and Pilibhit District. Its geographical area is 4575 metres ².

The Ramganga, the Garrah and the Gomti are the main rivers of the district. The Kathana, the Jhukma the Mensi Rivers flow into the Gomti. The Khannaut, the Suketa and the Kai Rivers feed the Garrah. Major crops of the district are wheat, gram, millet, and potatoes. There exists an army cantonment, and a major clothing factory for defence forces called Ordnance Clothing Factory. Shahjahanpur Club is a famous club of the district, and its membership was once regarded as very exclusive.

Shahjahanpur town is also known as Shaheedon Ki Nagri or Town of Shaheed (Freedom Fighter)

On, 9 August, 1925, Chandra Shekar Azaad, Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh, Premkishan Khanna and Lahri robbered the British government Funds near Kakori railway station. On, 26th December, 1925,40 persons were arrested in this case. Pandit Ramprasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh, Premkishan Khanna, Banvari Lal, Hargovind, Indra Bhusan, Nidhipal Gupta,Jagdish and Banarasi were from Shahjahanpur.Importent villege in shajhanpur are Mudia Pamar,Sindholi,Chandpai.MudiaPamar is the one of the richest and devloped villege in whole Uttar Predesh.

Shahjahanpur is also famous for its carpet industry, as well as for "Sarrafa"(Jewellery) market.

Shahjahnapur is the birthplace of the pioneer Hindi playwright Bhuvneshwar, and Hindi novelist Hridayesh. Revolutionary hindi poet Vidrohi was also born in Shahjahahnpur.

Population

* Male: 10,94,363
* Female: 8,93,032
* Total Population: 19,87,395

Literacy (in %)Male : 42.68Female: 18.59 Total Literacy: 32.07

Technical Education

Shahjahanpur has launched it's first technical education institute known by the name Shree Janki Institute of Higher Education for Women (JIH).
* It is formed by the well renowned Janki Prasad Sewa Trust.
* This institute is specifically for women only.
* It currently provides the MBA program.
* The course has been approved by AICTE, New Delhi and is also affiliated to UPTU, Lucknow under the institute code '457'.
* It has all modern facilities like a well equipped computer lab, a library which has a good collection of books, good number of comfortable class rooms and conference rooms, wi-fi connectivity, a good atmosphere and any other facilities that are needed by a management student.
* Website : http://www.jih.org.in

Famous Personalities

* Pandit Ramprasad Bismil (Freedom Fighter)
* Ashfaqullah Khan (Freedom Fighter)
* Thakur Roshan Singh (Freedom Fighter)
* Jadu Nath Singh (Freedom Fighter)
* Premkishan Khanna(Freedom Fighter)
* Rajpal Yadav (Actor)

References

* http://shahjahanpur.nic.in/
* http://www.jih.org.in